Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1892 — JUDGE GRESHAM'S DEFECTION. [ARTICLE]

JUDGE GRESHAM'S DEFECTION.

It is now generally conceded itobe a .fact that Judg- Greshi m has ai loi need his intention of voting ,ui G,-«yeland., N oyr the significance. of any mail's < ost r-Uon of a ppUtical‘.party depends’-opon the mrcumstuuces which have caused it It is one thing if, evidently done through motives of patriotism and principle andqmtemsother if done through jealousy and disappointed ambition. Gen. Daniel E, Sickles, a man whose patriotism and disinterestedness no man ever called in question, has refused to vote for Cleveland because the latter sent a substitute to tho war, and afterwards, when Peesident, vetoedtha pensions of soldiers, and mocked at their misfortunes while he refused them the relief which their necessities demanded. The defection of such a mun as Sickles, is a matter of great significance and will; have a tremendous influence. How different the case with Judge Gresham! The Republican party, which has been generous in bestowing honors apd emoluments upon him, and the tariff principles of which have been practically unchanged for a generation, was good enough for him whea Blaine the greatest protectionist in America, was candidate in 1884 -It was good enough for him in 1888 when lie hoped for its nomination for the presidency, t Its mm good enough for him even so late as of the present year, When his son, Otto Gresham, came into this State and tried to organivse it in his father’s interest. The people of this Tenth congressional district, km w this to be a fact, for here one of his strongest efforts was made. I) es anyone believe that if Judge Gresham had been offered the Republican nomination in 1888 or in 1892 he would have had any' cQhpumilidus of conscience on account of "thp party’s tariff principles'? Great men are fully as prone as . meg to hold exaggerated ideas of their own greatness, and io^b&cpme “sqi'eheachgl’ ’ pysr fail* ure of others to accept Qte|r gr. aV pess at their own valuation. 'Judge Greshajp thpu^hthimself to be a much greater and more deserving mau'tfhan Benjamin ''Harrison. The latter proved himself to J be infinitely the more popular man in their own state, and easily beating him for nomination, made Acadvass in 1888 which for its' ability and effectiveness was hb far ! &eyohd‘tfnything that Gresham could have done, as it wotfld be beyond the ability of Thomas Hammond to make 'lie ffhdge Johnston is inkkingrAthis district? r; Ihd set, ho has fine® maintained, and

jjpVeii 01©. country'one of thb ablest and purest administrations' in ifsbistory. The wond-rfnl euccfesa of fcijis dace destined rival* witti big own disiippiiniitoent , has 'souredGresham. : How greatly the preside ntial bee has ; bugzed jp Gr.-eham’s bonnet, aud l how much ft has Hi Is calm political judgement is proven t»y his course a few months ago, ' when he nnquest onably, vacillated for days before he could decide to refuse the nomination'of that monstrous political deformity, the People’s party, for the presidency. In spite of the financial madmisa of its platform and the anarchistic treason of its pre-amble, Mr. Grtli' ham would have accepted thatparty’BmQriinatftn as Bare lh« sun shines Jin the heavens i| to hid

Fiursiii ----- pj£'Wr'Z IV '/V l.ti.iT OjjLl 1 j 1 fitr Al. __ ' T~\ j.j., buntry. ' J udge Gresham loft the Republican party because he loved himself. under-tend b<th of results will be accordingly.,